Show YOUNG MEN fAT THE CONFERENCE Make Speeches and f I Others to Be Firm Firmo 4 o WOO WOODRUFF RUFF ON PERSECUTION SAYS IT 1 IS A GOOD G rOl rOly y r t a 1 Rain held down the Crowds at th lh l IW ot oC the conference esterday forenoon ft thoon Despite the Inclemency or of t the weather however there were fi persone at each ach ae on No direct r was vas made to the Smoot case although soy sev several eral ot the speakers mentioned the op opposition position of oC the world to the Mormons One ot or was the appeal to the young men to remain In the faith The Tho of the newly organized stakes In Salt Lake Nephi L MorrIs Moma And Richard W Young and Elias S Kimball ot of the ne new Black BiRch Blackfoot loot foot stake all n the young or r or of the Mormon people m made e In the afternoon I their adherence to the faith and their desire to the authorities They Were pre by Apostle Hyrum M 1 Smith who declared it a ml take to 8 say the yOun younger er Mormons are not fol following 01 lowing the ot or their fathers Cathers He ur urged K all young m men n and women to fast for their rell religion on Zion Is Prosperous A O 0 Woodruff spoke poke In tIle the forenoon declaring that Zion was wae pr prospering et enemies Dr Seymour B Young said the greatest t opposition came from professing ChrIs Uan e et J G of at the eastern stat mission told ot of the pro progress ress rEoN In his jurl jurisdiction A w V Ivins ot of Juarez stake In the after afternoon noon told of conditions In Mexico r Apo Apostle tle RUdger Clawson Clason closed the i forenoon session fon with Ith n a discourse on I prayer Pre President Jo Joseph eph F Smith I presided at both sessions Today will be occupied by meetings or of the various subordinate church Gr r The conference wilt will be ro mused at 18 10 a m tomorrow Pre President WIlliam McLachlan or of Plo i neer stake was WR the first speaker in the afternoon He said ald he had b ben en con connected with the church t for r r years He felt the r of ofhie his hie new honor and n asked the prayers of oC the SaInts to help fulfill Its duties properly President L MorrIs of the new Salt Lake stake spoke of his hie once nce In h his ne new duties and declared his loyalty to tb the faith President Richard Richrd W Yo Young of Ensign stake Lot fol followed lowed People Are Misunderstood I e esteem teem It an honor to be a associated OCI with this people he said d de despised ed and lid misunderstood though they are Hinting at the Smoot ca case e he said hater ter I 1 have no sympathy with those who ho hoIn In oPP opposing us hye hao lib 1 over all 11 President Elias Bliss S Kimball Qt the thern Blackfoot stake ake his al a to the church and urged the people te go to lOs IdL as a good place to live Apostle Hyrum M Smith declared he spoke a as a young man and he was de voLed W Io hI rell on HW iL Jb that th thI ar f in the foot footsteps of their parents he said It Is because e the Individual bearing such an Idea Is 18 not wella well acquainted ed edWIth WIth the young men of Zion He exhorted the young l people oi le to be firm and to follow the principles f their religion Conditions in Mexico President Anthony W Yo Ivins of oC Juar Juarez Juarz II ez z stake slake reported OR the conditions In Mexico He Be said there are noW 2700 1700 Mormons In Mexico the colonies hex hav havIng hexIng I Ing grown rapidly and Our relations with tile the Mexican gO gor I aie aae Mtr II he said Id We keep entirely out of p and andare andare are allowed to live in peace Thank God for that S Speaking kl of the church In general hc 14 declared the m members numbered 1000 than the they did thirty years ago aJo alii anti that they were stronger in inthE InI I thE fath thAn ev evs 1 We welcome ho he de dared At A the Apo Apostle A AO O 0 Woodruff wa the speaker lie He the pe persecutions or of the Saints I only July them and were vl in eliminAting the dross fr from m the gold On Solid Foundation I 1 do not feel tt that the majority or of the Saints are weak said lie When I think or of those e who felt fell from the church and tried to pun pull others other from the church hurel who signally failed I feel that Ute the built on a s foun un unda da TIle The clouds OR on the horizon do not shake the faith or of the Saints Those Who vho have a testimony of the truth of the teachings ot or this thin church know that the church will have a glorious victory In the end ead We Wc expect opposition lUon but God will carr carry us as he be has In the PUt past We Ve do not expect to pease every one we do not try to prune the gospel to p the adversary Growth of the Church Dr Bo B Young ou spoke of the growth ot of the church Mace the first con ferenee In New York state In 1838 when twentysix persons were present repeats Itself RAid id Dr did not nt come t from m new believers In Christ but from men who said Mid they believed In Christs lie life and death on e rth History Is again ft in this our da day The opposition comes earne from tho those who vho profesa to believe In Christ In his hie teachings sad and IR Ia his crucifixion and resurrection The to Christ came calm from 1 those hOlM who were Weft Ii devout among amonS the Je Jews The to 7 cornea comes from devout people Mormonism Well Advertised Pre John G 0 or of the eastern states tea ot of the dis db discouragements be and his coworkers en when the they started t their lr work In Ne New York and other clUes He sam whatever else elite Md had been h hIt It was wa ertain Mormonism was being welt adY and Wall wag arousing a great deal or of Interest He said the elders clean since they were representatives of the churCh ann ami urged the members In hi Uth to do th the same me to make e a good on converts and aDd others Rudger clawson Clason devoted se seera nov novera era minutes to jo exhorting the Saints to prayer C It pronounced the benediction There WAS a 8 priesthood meeting last evening In the tabernacle acle and there wilt will be another at 10 a m in today In the Assembly hall hail The Young Ladies Improvement will have a at I p m n In the Four Fourteenth Fourteenth ward ard meeting h house u e The Sun Sunday Sunday day school stake o will met meet at p tri in at Barratt II There will willbe willbe be a large number ot of other ot of minor church organizations |